District 30 board leaves building decision to superintendent
A new Maple School was sped on its way to a spring 2018 groundbreaking by the District 30 School Board July 13, with just one big open design question –...
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Northbrook’s basements stayed dry, but streets submerge
Northbrook, which has spent tens of millions of dollars on flood-prevention projects in recent decades, saw only two basement floods as 3.75 inches of rain fell between 11 p.m. July...
Another Green Acres sale falls through, foreclosure possible
For the second time in about six months, a sale of the shuttered Green Acres Country Club has fallen through. "We tried, but we just couldn't get comfortable," Farpoint development's...
Shout Out: Aleem, Northbrook-bred singing sensation
The 24-year-old known as Aleem Khalid when he was singing in the Glenbrook North Ow! a capella group now has a song, "Inside Out," that's been streamed 2.4 million times...
Northbrook’s oldest church welcomes visitors again
Northbrook history buffs will get a chance Sunday to see what historians believe to be the oldest surviving church in the village, freshly rehabbed. Officials said the Northbrook Historical Society...
Northbrook police: Scammer used White House address
Northbrook police reported that a criminal used the address of the White House in an apparently successful attempt to make a common scam look legitimate to a local victim. The...
Two Northbrook police leaders retire
The Northbrook Police Department has lost 64 years of expertise and institutional memory with the retirements of Deputy Chief Lou Caruso and Dan Petka, community relations supervisor. Caruso is retiring...
Shout out: Justin Breen, editor turned PR man
Justin Breen recently left Chicago's DNAinfo, where he was senior editor, to start his own public relations firm, BrEpic Communications. He grew up in Northbrook, and lives in Glenview with...
State Rep. Elaine Nekritz stepping down
As the Amtrak train taking state Rep. Elaine Nekritz to Springfield edged over 100 miles per hour, her thoughts headed just as fast in the other direction. As she rode,...
Northbrook intensifies quest to lower Waukegan Road speed limit
Northbrook officials say they are considering taking the Illinois Department of Transportation to court to force the agency to reduce the speed limit on Waukegan Road between Voltz and Dundee...